Metro Briefing | New York: Manhattan: Charter School Loses Fight

By Alex Mindlin (NYT); Compiled by George James

Published: June 23, 2004

The trustees of the State University of New York declined yesterday to reverse a February decision to shut down a Harlem charter school. Parents and officials of the John A. Reisenbach Charter School had hoped the board of trustees would reconsider after City Councilwoman Eva Moskowitz, Schools Chancellor Joel I. Klein, and others came to the support of the school. The decision came after critical remarks were made on Monday by James D. Merriman, the executive director of the Charter Schools Institute, an advisory panel that assists the board. Mr. Merriman said he had found the school's leaders unable to articulate even the basic mission of the school in a coherent and consistent fashion. Alex Mindlin (NYT)